Chapter 8
November 12, 1936
The Virgin Mother of Perpetual Hope
School for Girls
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Dearest Brudder,
I’m in Sister Erin’s typing class. I’m pretending to work on our assignment. It’s really stupid, so it made me think of you. Ha, Ha! Guess I’ll write to you instead.
Gin, I’m having a hard time concentrating on any of my senior work. I’m ready to graduate, right now!
I’ve met a handsome intern at St. Teresa’s. Of course, he is sooooo busy, he barely notices anything other than his patients. But I sure have noticed him. What a dreamboat!! His name is Mark Hansen. He went to Med School at Johns Hopkins, and wants to be a surgeon. I know he’s too old for me, for now. I’m more certain than ever that I want to go to nursing school next year.
Dad enjoyed going up to
